Cruise ships promise luxury, leisure, and escape—but sometimes, those dreams go disastrously off course. Behind the glossy brochures and endless buffets are stories of chaos, confusion, and survival ...

— -- The fast-growing cruise industry is facing one of its biggest tests in years after this week's Costa Concordia disaster off the coast of Italy. Many Wall Street analysts, travel agents and ...

Four years after a stricken cargo ship caused the largest plastic spill ever recorded, volunteers on Sri Lanka's beaches are still sifting kilograms of tiny, toxic plastic pellets from the sand.

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y.— The Mexican Navy tall ship that struck the Brooklyn Bridge in May, killing two crew members, has been docked for repairs on Staten Island. Caddell Dry Dock and Repair Company, ...

Terrified British tourists were forced to race back to their Hawaii cruise ship as sirens blared for a tsunami warning following a major earthquake this morning. Hawaii locals desperately evacuated to ...

Richard Fain, the longtime CEO of the Royal Caribbean Group, is revealing to PEOPLE how Gloria Estefan prevented a cruise ship disaster In 1990, the singer was named godmother of the company's new ...